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Babb-Barnes Mine

Past Producer in Crittenden county in Kentucky, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218619
MAS/MILS ID 0210550031
Record type Site
Current site name Babb-Barnes Mine
Alternate or previous names Eagle-Babb-Barnes

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.22503, 37.29757 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crittenden(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Crittenden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Rocks of Chesterian age, lower part
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 88W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 1524M
    Width 137M
    Area 50HA
    Depth to top 76M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35E:88W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 820428

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1899
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Year of first production 1974
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silverspar Minerals Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner USX Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1994
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Frontier Spar Corp.
    Year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • SILVERSPAR MINERALS INC. ADDRESS: 1409-409 GRANVILLE ST., B.C. CANADA V6C 1T8: PHONE: 604-669-5737 SILVERSPAR MINERALS OPTIONED PROPERTY FROM USX CORPORATION IN SEPT. 1993.

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Description 20634 Metric Tons Ore
  • Year 1975
    Description 31752 Metric Tons Ore
  • Year 1976
    Description 46011 Metric Tons Ore
  • Year 1977
    Description 27084 Metric Tons Ore
  • Year 1978
    Description 4909 Metric Tons Ore

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Indicated 396000mt ore
    Demonstrated 396000mt ore
    Total resources 396000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 44 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1994
    Zinc Zn 2 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 168000mt ore
    Demonstrated 168000mt ore
    Total resources 168000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 39 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Inferred 73000mt ore
    Total resources 73000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 42 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES FROM SILVERSPAR MINERALS INC. 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 2.
  • M1C1=RC1+RC2+RC3 M9C4=M1C1 MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 IS A COMBINATION OF ALL RESERVE COLUMN DATA. TONNAGES ARE CUMULATED. GRADE IS WEIGHTED AVERAGE AT 75 PERCENT PROBABILITY LEVEL. MATRIX 9 COLUMN 4 EQUALS MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1. 41.08 PERCENT CAF2 GRADE IS AT THE 75 PROBABILITY LEVEL; GRADE AT THE 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY LEVEL IS 43.00 PERCENT CAF2; GRADE AT THE 50, 25, AND 10 PERCENT PROBABILITY LEVELS IS 41.24 PERCENT CAF2.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 174M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .67
    Percent Waste Rock 30.8
    Percent Recovery 70
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 450
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 22.79
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 230 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SILVERSPAR MINERALS INC. 1993 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 2.

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. NEWS FLASHES - DOMESTIC CAPACITY OF

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR GOING UP 22%. V. 79, NO. 7, APRIL 3, 1972,

  • Deposit

    P. 43.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. 1979, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN MINING -

  • Deposit

    CERRO TO OPEN FLUORSPAR MINE IN KENTUCKY. V. 173,

  • Deposit

    NO. 5, MAY 1972, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. MINING NEWSMONTH. V. 58, NO. 4,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1972, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    MOODIE, F. B., III, AND P. MCGRAIN. THE EAGLE-BABB-BARNES

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR PROJECT, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. PROC.

  • Deposit

    OF THE NINTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC SURVEY AND ILLINOIS GEOLOGIC SURVEY,

  • Deposit

    PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, APRIL 26-28, 1973 (PUB. AS A

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR, ED. BY D. W.

  • Deposit

    HUTCHESON), PP. 96-107.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. CERRO CONTRACTS FOR FLUORSPAR

  • Deposit

    SHAFT. V. 61, NO. 27, JULY 1, 1972, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. CERRO PLANS FLUORSPAR MINE,

  • Deposit

    MILL IN KENTUCKY. V. 61, NO. 13, MARCH 25, 1972, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    TRACE, R. D. GEOLOGY OF THE SALEM QUADRANGLE, KENTUCKY.

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, MAP GQ-206,

  • Deposit

    1962.

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10-81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF/RESP_ID LIST 02/95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81 #1503181, SAME AS MSHA.DBF/RESP_ID LISTS OF 02/95. OWNER/COMPANY OF FRONTIER SPAR CORP.(CRP). CURRENT MINES I.D. IN MILS NO LONGER ON 1995 LISTS. WILL ENTER 1995 # INTO MILS RES-_ID FIELD. ADD NEW COMPANY NAME AS REC 03 IN OWNERSHIP TABLE LEAVE MILS OWNERSHIP REC AS IS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAY-95 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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